When holidays bring hate: Sarah’s Day in Occupied Hebron
November 27 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine The Jewish holiday of Shabbat Chayei Sarah (Sarah’s day’) took place in Al Khalil (also known as Hebron) over the weekend of 22-23 November. Over the two days around 50,000 Israeli settlers flocked to the city, to celebrate the festival in the place that Zionists […]
Waiting at a checkpoint
November 3 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Ash-Shuhada street in al-Khalil full of Israeli flags welcoming Netanyahu. Less welcome are the Palestinians living there: they are not even allowed to access their houses through their main entrances. This is what normality in al-Khalil looks like I was somewhere between excited and afraid […]